【Event Venue Pickup Item】Railway Porters
Railway Porters is a push-your-luck dice game for 2 to 4 players. You play as a porter, placing luggage dice onto station boards, but deciding when to keep rolling and when to stop is the key. There are 6 different station boards to place your dice on, each with its own unique scoring system, so there is an abundant variety of things to enjoy. This is a family game, that is also highly recommended for people brand new to dice games.
| Players | Playtime | Ages | Languages |
| 2-4 | 30min | 10+ |
- Quantity
- Size
- H20.5×W20.5×D5cm
- Contents
- 2 Dispatch Dice / 24 Luggage Dice / 1 Station Building Board / 12 Station Boards / 1 Head Porter Board / 6 Station Tiles / 50 Coin Tokens / 1 Head Porter Marker×
- ¥6,800
SPIEL ESSEN 2026 Pre-order
Event Venue Pickup Item
This is a pre-order item available exclusively for pickup at the "SPIEL ESSEN 2026" venue. Please purchase the item in advance via this website; you can then collect it at the Saashi & Saashi booth (6C300) during the event.(The price is displayed in Japanese yen on this page, but it will switch to euros at checkout.)
In addition to this item, the following products are also available for pre-order. Please consider adding them to your order.
New Destinations: A Railway Porters Expansion
BIG Board Game Bag
About Pre-orders
This pre-order service allows you to secure your items in advance and pick them up smoothly at the event venue booth, avoiding long lines. Please review and agree to the following details before placing your order.
・Once purchased, the order cannot be changed to a mail-order shipment.
・There is virtually no difference between the pre-order price on this page and the price if purchased directly at the SPIEL venue. The benefit of this pre-order is not a discount, but the assurance that the product is reserved for you in advance.
・The pre-order price includes a portion of the international shipping costs from the manufacturing plant to the event venue.
・For mail-order items sold on this website after the event, the listed price covers only the product itself (excluding shipping); consequently, the price may appear lower than the pre-order price. However, actual mail-order purchases involving international shipping incur additional costs—such as international shipping fees, customs duties, and import taxes—on top of the product price. Therefore, for those picking up the product at the event venue, this pre-order option results in a lower total cost compared to a mail-order purchase.
・During the event period and the time immediately surrounding it, Saashi & Saashi staff will be occupied with venue operations and travel; please note that it may take longer than usual to receive a reply to any inquiries.
Product Pickup Information
■ Pickup Location
Saashi & Saashi
Hall 6 / Stand C300
■ Pickup Times
Thursday, October 22: 12:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Friday, October 23: 10:00 AM – 6:30 PM
Saturday, October 24: 10:00 AM – 6:30 PM
Sunday, October 25: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Information Required for Pickup
Please provide the following two items to the staff when picking up your order:・Order Number
・Name used when placing the order
Regarding the Busy Times
Booths tend to be crowded on Thursday and Friday mornings—especially right after the event opens—which may result in wait times. To ensure the smoothest possible pickup for pre-ordered items, we kindly ask for your cooperation in visiting us in the afternoon or later, rather than immediately after opening.Order Cancellations and Unclaimed Orders
・If you fail to pick up your order during the designated pickup period (by 14:00 on October 25), the order will be automatically cancelled, and a refund will be processed at a later date. We cannot accommodate individual shipping or delayed pickup of items after the event has concluded.・Please note that due to the specifications of the payment system (e.g., Shopify), refunds will be issued after deducting the payment processing fee and other charges.
・Additionally, please be aware that we cannot compensate for any currency exchange losses incurred due to exchange rate fluctuations at the time of the refund (e.g., for international payments).
NOTE: Purchases made via the official Saashi & Saashi website will include a promotional board for two players as a bonus (while supplies last).
A push-your-luck dice game about getting passengers' luggage to the platform!
In the early 20th century, luggage carriers, called porters worked busily at railway stations across the land, carrying passengers' luggage from the station entrance to the platforms where trains awaited. Players take on the role of station porters, transporting passengers' luggage to earn tips. Passengers in the first-class coaches will reward you with special bonuses. Each of the six stations has its own unique character, offering a variety of bonuses. Be careful, passengers will not be satisfied unless their luggage is delivered safely. Can you carry more luggage than your rivals and become the most helpful porter, appreciated by all your passengers?
A Bunch of Components are Packed in Including 26 Dice & 12 Station Boards
The game comes with 26 dice (in two sizes) and 12 station boards. At the start, each player receives 6 luggage dice and 3 station boards (which are double-sided, giving you 6 stations in total). Over the course of the game, you'll flip through 3 boards, front and back, to play across 5 stations in total. There's also a central station building board, station tiles to set the scene, and coin tokens to track your score. The head porter gets 2 large (dispatch) dice.
Simultaneous Play Keeps Things Moving Fast!
The Head Porter rolls the 2 dispatch dice for everyone. Then, simultaneously, all players roll their own luggage dice. Each player picks one of the 2 dispatch dice and places luggage dice of the matching color onto their station board according to its rules. You must place at least 1 die per round. Fail to do so, and you'll take a penalty!
The Roll Call Rule, Continue or Not Continue, creates the spicy decisions!
The heart of the game is the Roll Call, a tense little element that sparks interaction between players. After everyone places their dice, the Head Porter goes around and asks each player one by one: "Are you continuing or not?”
If you choose to not continue, you score your points right then and sit out the rest of that station, but here's the twist: any luggage dice you still have get passed on to another player! That means the lucky recipient suddenly has more dice to work with... which can be a blessing or a curse.
Uniquely Tense Interaction
When choosing to continue or not in the Roll Call you must weigh keeping playing to rack up more points against playing it safe and locking in what you've got. If you've still got a few luggage dice in hand, dropping out means giving them away, but is that still the smarter move? Also since players answer the Roll Call one at a time, what everyone else decides directly affects your own decision. This game’s main feature is having the kind of player interaction you just won't find in other dice games.
6 Station Boards to Master
Your 3 station boards are double-sided, giving you 6 sides total. Each game you'll play 5 of them. Every board has different scoring rules and different bonuses, so your strategy will change from station to station. Players aiming for high scores will have their adaptability tested. As you play again and again you might even find a station you’re especially good at. Be sure to play a lot and try new strategies!
A New Dice Placement Game Built on Strategy and Excitement!
In Railway Porters, all players act simultaneously every round, so the game moves at a zippy pace that’s fun for all. You'll need to put on your thinking cap to place your dice efficiently, but you'll also feel that classic dice-chucking rush every time you roll. As 6 different station boards cycle through the game, each with its own scoring twist, there's always something new to enjoy!
Author : Saashi
Illustration : Takako Takarai
Graphic design : Saashi & Saashi
Rules writing assistance : Makoto Nishida
Translation(EN) : Nathan Hunley